Spontaneous cecal perforation in a cat diagnosed with ultrasonography.
Julie BessonHervé BrissotFlorian AzoulayPaul BenzimraJulien FritzPublished in: Veterinary radiology & ultrasound : the official journal of the American College of Veterinary Radiology and the International Veterinary Radiology Association (2024)
An 8-year-old cat was presented for an acute history of anorexia, marked abdominal pain, and hyperthermia. Ultrasonography showed a cecal perforation with focal steatitis and adjacent free gas bubbles, consistent with focal peritonitis. Surgery confirmed the imaging findings. An enterectomy was performed with the removal of the cecum and ileocolic valve, and anastomosis between the ileum and colon was performed. Histology revealed transmural enteritis and chronic severe pyogranulomatous peritonitis with intralesional plant fragments.
Keyphrases
- abdominal pain
- contrast enhanced
- drug induced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- minimally invasive
- liver failure
- coronary artery bypass
- high resolution
- aortic valve
- mitral valve
- respiratory failure
- early onset
- single cell
- room temperature
- surgical site infection
- coronary artery disease
- heart failure
- photodynamic therapy
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation